The Senate approved a name change for the club Positive Foundations, passed an amendment to the Student Union Constitution that implements a midyear senator position and discussed plans for outreach and upcoming events at its meeting Sunday night.

Student Union President Herbie Rosen '12 began the meeting by applauding "Making Waves," the Saturday night reopening event for the pool in the Joseph M. Linsey Sports Center, which the Student Union helped sponsor. Rosen said that an estimated 700 people attended.

Rosen also mentioned the possibility of a Union-organized student petition to protest the proposed Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority fare increases and called on senators to promote a March 1 town hall meeting in Waltham to discuss the price hikes.

In official business, members of the Senate unanimously appointed North Quad Senator Charlotte Franco '15 to the position of Senate clerk and unanimously approved a name change for the club formerly known as Positive Foundations. Positive Foundations, in an effort to clarify its mission, officially changed its name to Poverty Action Coalition.

Rosen also submitted a proposal to amend the Union Constitution to provide for a midyear senator position. The proposal called for the election of one senator each January by members of that year's midyear class, who will serve for one spring semester. After much debate, the amendment was passed by a vote of 18 to none, with two abstentions, and must now go to the student body for a referendum within 15 days of the proposal to the Senate.

"It would be my greatest privilege to leave this place knowing that there is a midyear senate position," Senator for the Class of 2012 Missy Skolnik said at the meeting.

Other discussions centered around a Senate outreach project including dorm storming, the relatively high participation rate in the ongoing Einstein Bros. Bagels dining survey and brainstorming projects for the Campus Operations Work Group, which was created to address chronic campus housing problems.

—Tate Herbert